JMsquared74

I just got back from my first cruise in 20 years on the Oasis Eastern Caribbean and the GF and I had such an amazing time. We loved everything on Oasis except the main dining room. After the first night we booked specialty restaurants every other night. We did snorkeling and a beach day at caneel bay resort in St. John instead of shopping St. Thomas and loved Orient beach of St. Martin. Nassau, well i shall be politically correct and say it wasn't for me. We went to Atlantis and it was ok. While on board we figured that we did the best of RC and now wanted to try something different so we booked the Silhouette for Jan 4 2015 . (plus with the onboard bonus, 123 promo, $200 deposit and no final payment until Oct 2014, it was a no brainer

Since getting home we started to talk that the one thing we wished is that we had either more time at the ports or additional ports. We started looking at maybe a longer cruise but not sure we want to go away for 10-14 days on a ship. We then started looking at cruises from Puerto Rico. I wanted to get some feedback on the following

Silhouette versus Summit. I wanted to see if anyone has been on both and could offer their experiences.

The Southern Caribbean Ports. Which are your favorites that Summit goes to.

Any and all responses are greatly appreciated

Jeff

I think the schedule for St Martin's might be off a little. The FOS is always a day later then the Oasis. The FOS should be in St Martin's on Thurs, Jan 16th.

FOS is in St. Maarten on the 15th and St Thomas on the 16th.

http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruise/cruiseDetails/itinerary.do?packageCode=FR07E091&sailDate=1140112

My simple advice is get off the ship as soon as you dock and it is possible. That way you can beat some of the crowd that sleeps in.:). The ports will be busy.

And what time were you able to get off the Oasis when you docked in St Thomas?

Happy holidays everyone. Hope you all had a nice Turkey Day. My Jan 11th Oasis sail is less than 40 days away. So excited!!!

We arrive at St Thomas on Jan 14th @ 10am

St Maarten Jan 15th @ 8am

As it is going to be cruise ship central on those days

St Thomas will have the following Oasis(Yay!!!), Carnival Freedom, Dream, Reflection, & Nordam. That will be approx 20,000 people descending on the island.

St.Maarten will have the following Oasis(We're #1), FOS, Dream, Reflection, Gem, Ventura, and Westerdam. That will be approx 1.7 million people:)

As i am in charge of all mission planning...I want to know what time I can expect to realistically expect to get off Oasis each morning and what time to I need to be safely back on the ship. Any tip, tricks, secrets, bribes, or blackmail that you've used is greatly appreciated.

Jeff

Sorry if this should only be in the St Thomas Section but that area seems to have much less RCL experts so I am posting it here:p

The GF and I are sailing on Oasis Jan 11th. So excited!!!! 81 days and counting. We love the planning and excitement of figuring out what we are going to do on our vacation

I wanted to know if anyone has done the STO3 St John self explore excursion?

I am strongly considering this because it gives me and the GF a nice long beach and snorkel day.

What time does it leave St Thomas for St John and what time does it get back? I also wanted to know If you wanted to head back early can you get on any ferry back to St Thomas just in case the duty free shopping bug bites.

And if you have any can't miss Things to Do or See I would love to hear about them

Any and all feedback is welcome.

Jeff:D